12-miles to the South and 5000-feet lower in elevation the daytime temperature of Marion on this day was a pleasant 73 degrees. At the start of our hike, the temperature was 58 degrees. Despite several reminders to bring his jacket, Aaron forgot his and had to wear my windbreaker.
Entering these group of pines no pine air freshener could of replicate the smell we smelt.
Like so many of my hikes, the trail started out innocent looking then turned into a beast.
The most interesting portion of the Old Mitchell Trail was this 10-foot embankment and having to use a rope to help reach the bottom safely.
Aaron is getting ready to lower himself down after listening to some instruction from me.
Instead of following the yellow brick road, we followed the yellow dot trail.
Our mission for this day was accomplished. We can now say we stood on the highest mountain peak East of the Mississippi.
The floor of the observation platform let you know what direction you were looking.
In each direction, there was a sign with information about what you were viewing in the distance.
The Old Mitchell Trail is a 2.1-mile hike. Normally on my daily walks this distance would take me less than an hour. This 2-mile hike took us twice as long.
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